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funeral director

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funeral director
n.
One whose business is to arrange for the burial or cremation of the dead and assist at the funeral rites and who is usually an embalmer. Also called mortician, undertaker.

funeral director
Noun
an undertaker
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.funeral directorfuneral director - one whose business is the management of funerals
embalmer - a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
Translations
Spanish funeral director ndirector(a) m/f de pompas fúnebres
French funeral director funeral nentrepreneur m des pompes funèbres
German funeral director funeral nBeerdigungsunternehmer(in) m(f)
Italian funeral director nimpresario di pompe funebri

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About twice a week, a funeral director comes by for the flags.
The funeral director, Navy veteran, and former police officer has three children and four grandchildren.
Case Closed," by Edward Defort, covered the nearly four-year investigation into the murder of a Wisconsin funeral director and a mortuary student intern and the shock waves it sent through the magazine's readership, which are the nation's funeral directors.
 
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